BY SHITAL PRADHAN
Sikkim corner:
- Toppakhani Tunnel is the first motorable tunnel in Sikkim.
- Burn and Burn Company Pvt Ltd, Howrah built one of the oldest iron bridges in Sikkim, the iron bridge of Singtam in 1929.
- Gyamptso Sangdarpa is the real name of VC Ganju Lama.
- Rabindra Nath Tagore, a noble laureate had visited the Rinchepong Dak Bangalow where he composed parts of his famous work. "The Gitanjali"
- Singtam Senior Secondary School was earlier known as Gandhi School.
- The original name of Sirwani is Sirubari.
- Electricity first reached Pakyong on August 4, 1976, when BB Lal, the governor of Sikkim switched on the light at the stroke of 2 pm.
- the second-highest mountain in Sikkim is Kabur tshu.
- The first motorised vehicle that visited Sikkim was in the year 1925 and it was the " Beatle".
- Beatle car was followed by Dodge cars in the 1930s thus began the fascinating journey of joining Siliguri with Gangtok.
- The governor of Sikkim BB Lal inaugurated the Central School at Deorali on September 1, 1976.
- The first boiler farm in Sikkim was started at Baluakhani, Gangtok by the army personnel on November 22, 1976.
- BB Lal, Governor of Sikkim inaugurated the footpath constructed between Zero miles and Deorali bazaar along the national highway on December 11, 1976.
- Eve’s Beauty Parlour at Gangtok is the first beauty parlour started in Sikkim. It was started by Mrs T. Dahul and Mrs A. Paragar. It started functioning on December 24, 1976.
- A tornado kills one at Ranipool on April 29, 1976. The tornado unprecedented in the history of Sikkim was at the speed of
- TNA school magazine “Tenacius” won the national award in the third All India School Magazines Competition on January 21, 1979.
- President rule was imposed in Sikkim on August 19, 1979.
- Karma Ludo from Sikkim represented India in the 1983 Asian School Games held in Seoul, South Korea.
- Mrs Mamoo Subba, Lady Health Visitor of the Health and Family Welfare Department became the first Sikkimese to receive the national award for nursing on August 8, 1985.
- Akkar Bridge at Jorethang is India’s first conceived cable-stayed bridge.
- Sikkim was open to foreigners for the first time in 1990. Sikkim remains restricted to foreigners keeping its cultural treasures and scenic splendours jealously guarded against the world’s gaze.
- Meenakshi Madan Rasaily is the first woman judge from Sikkim. She was appointed as Judicial Magistrate-cum-Civil Judge in December 1990.
- Bhaichung Bhutia was adjudged the best footballer in the 1990 Subroto Cup.
- Kalchakra Initiation was held at Gangtok, Dalai Lama was present.
- Tri junction between Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet is Batang La.
- Namzyit Partam is the original name of Chungthang.
- Sir Douglas W. Fresh Field was the first European to explore the Mt Kanchenjunga area.
- Aleister Crowley and Dr Jules Jacot-Guillarmod led the first expedition to attempt Mt Kanchenjunga in the year 1905.
- The first successful expedition was led by a British team in 1955 where Joe Brown and George Band became the first men to climb to the summit. This was followed by another successful Indian expedition in 1977.
- Ten years later, another Indian attempt by the Assam Rifles claimed the life of the only Indian to conquer Mount Everest without oxygen.
- Phu Dorjee died whilst descending from the summit of Kanchenjunga.
- The last expedition from the Sikkim side was made by a joint Indo-Japanese team in 1991.
- Silk route Agreements were signed between India and China by Prime Minister Vajpayee on June 23, 2003
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